Engine mounting for tractor engines



Jan. 15, 1935. R. N. GEFFROY ENGINE MOUNTING FOR TRACTOR ENGINES.

2 Sheets-Sheefl Filed Nov. 6, 1933 R.N Geffroy BYQ m I A TORNEY Jan. 15, 1935. N. GEFFROY 1,987,676

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INVENTOR Geff1-oy MQAZJASL ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 15, 1935 1,987,676

7 UNITED STAT-Es VENGINE Moun'rmoronfgmncron ENGINES Ralph NI Geifroy, Stockton, Calif. I ApplicationNoverhbe'r 6, 1933, Serial No. 696,828" t 4 Claims; (01. 180-19) This invention relates to tractorsand particution of the dust-tight chamber for the gear teeth. larly to: tractors of the small single wheel type The crank case of the engine is formed on its such asare used for agricultural work on relarear sideadjacent the top with a boss 12 into tively small plots of ground. A tractor of this type which the exposed end portion of the shaft 8 beis shown for instance in my Patent No. 1,807,784, yond the gear hub projects, and which is rigidly ,5- the engine being enclosed within the wheel so that keyed thereto asshown. The bottom of the-crank the entire structure is very compact. case is curved concentric with the axial shaft The principal object of my present invention is and is disposed adjacent the wheel tire 1. to provide an improved mounting for the engine The boss also extends inwardly beyond said ex- ]0 over what was previously shown, so that the posed portion of the shaft and turnably engages lo weight thereof and the operating strains are disthe adjacent portion of the gear hub forming a tributed substantially equally over portions of the supporting bearing directly thereon, as plainly wheel axle itself and the hub of the wheel, in a shown in Figure 2. Thus it is seen that not only very compact manner and so that all parts may is the engine mounted and supported directly on be maintained relatively light in order to keep the hub of the tractor wheel and provided with 15 down weight of the entire structure to a minimum. generous bearing surface thereon, but is addition- A further object of the invention is to produce ally supported and held in place by shaft 8, giva simple and inexpensive device and yet one which ing the engine nearly twice the working support will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for the shaft alone provides. It is of great imporwhich it is designed, tance to observe the improvement of this con- 20 These objects I accomplish by means of such struction. Not only is the engine better mounted structure and. relative arrangement of parts as but the pulling effort of the tractor wheel is better will fully appear by a perusal of the following backed by the extralength of hub9 against shaft specification and claims. 8, besides being extremely compact. The oppo- In the drawings similar characters of reference site end of the shaft, beyond the opposite end of 25 indicate corresponding parts in the several views: the gear hub, is also rigidly keyed and secured in Figure l is a side elevation of the tractor, the the adjacent side of a substantially horizontal engine accessories such as the carburetor etc. bemanipulating frame 13 of U shape form which ing omitted. extends about the wheel on its rear side and is Figure 2 is a plan view of the tractor partly in provided'on its rear end with an extension bar 14 30 section as on the line 22 of Figure 1. forming a handle whereby the machine may be Referring now more particularly to the charsteered. acters of reference on the drawings, the wheel of on its open side said frame is bent laterally the tractor comprises a relatively wide tire band 1 and inwardly of the wheel, as shown at 15, to exwhich is rigidly secured to arms 2 bent in at 3 to tend along the rear side of the boss 12 to which it 35 engage W ears 5 formed 0n the Outer rim of an is bolted. In this manner when a vertical presinternal gear 4 and bolted thereto, so that the s r i imparted to the frame 13 to raise and w e l a d ar form in nt a s l r id unitlower the same, a direct raising or lowering effort T a has a Solid Web 6 On its Outer Side, While is also imparted to the engine itself, and to the the upper portion of its inner side is closed y a forward extension of frame 13. 40

plate '7, so that the teeth of the gear are enclosed The f rd end of t U frame on t haft,

Withma dust'tight chamberconnected side is adjustably secured to the ad- The gear has an axlal shaft 8 on whlch the hub jacent side of a horizontal bottom frame 16 of the gear g t? hub qg i i f f which also extends about the rear of the wheel Web toward t e opposl 6 open 51 e 0 e w 89 and which may be connected at said end to the 45 ggg i Short of the corresponding end of upper frame 13. The open side of the frame 16 t its forward end is directly connected to the The engine which is preferably of the single cylinder air cooled type indicated generally at 10, forward end of the crank case by bracket of h A king pin 17 is mounted in the rear end of t xll tfii if iiisi fot t tf siie tf tfii gear f. the frame, 16 and serves s a pivots coupling Said engine includes a driven pinion 11 journaled for the implement Supporting t e e as shown in connection with the crank case 10a of the in my -p d pp a n for pa mi engine, and engaging the internal gear in driving ,68 fi d November 1933- The king relation, said case forming the lower closing porpin is easily removable and any farm tool, lawn 55 claim as new and useful and desire'fto seciii'e bi Letters Patent is:

1. A tractor including a wheeP,;a. 'gea-! fixeli concentric with the wheel, an axial shaft on which the hub of the geafis'tiirnablefafi engine for driving the gear disposed within the wheel,1=

geaiz a start creme iia a -nie haw engine far-' drivi'ng 'th'e gear disposed within the wheel, said engine including a case, and a boss formed on the case, said boss extendingover and being secured to the projecting portion of the shaft and also extending over and turnably engaging the adjacent portion of the hub.

3. A tractor including a wheel, a gear fixed concentric with the wheel, an axial shaft on which the gean'isf turnabiersaid shaft at both ends projecting-iclear of- -the 'gear,- an eng-"ine for driving the gear disposed within the wheel, means rigidly securing the frame of the engine to one end of the shaft, and a manipulating frame to which the othefiend of the shaft is rigidly siired.

' '4izmtfator "including a wheel, a gear fixed concentric with the wheel, an axial shaft on which thegeaiistiirnable, said shaft at both ends-projecting clear of the gear, an engine for driving the gear disposed within the wheel, a boss 

